Following a hunch in its field workplace earnings on Friday, Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay-starrer Leo made a exceptional comeback on its third day in theatres, registering spectacular numbers, on Saturday.
In line with trade tracker Sacnilk, Leo earned Rs 40 crore nett within the home market (early estimates), recording an 11.88 per cent surge in field workplace earnings from Day 2’s determine of Rs 35.25 crore. With this, Leo’s whole home nett has reached Rs 140.05 crore. On the similar time, in simply three days, Leo’s worldwide gross has crossed the Rs 200-crore mark.
Whereas the movie noticed decreased occupancy within the Tamil market on Friday, the figures improved on Saturday. The morning present occupancy within the state was 65.73 per cent, which elevated to 79.51 per cent throughout the night screenings, in comparison with 63.03 per cent and 70.67 per cent throughout the identical interval the day gone by.
The movie’s efficiency has up to now been greater than spectacular, surpassing the day by day earnings of Nelson’s Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer, throughout its theatrical run. Launched on a Thursday (August 9), much like Leo, Jailer had earned Rs 48.35 crore, Rs 25.75 crore, and Rs 34.3 crore, respectively, throughout its first three days.
On the similar time, its supposed contender, Anil Ravipudi’s Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer Bhagavanth Kesari, has up to now managed to earn solely Rs 25.5 crore worldwide, with a Day-3 nett of Rs 8 crore (early estimates).
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On the day of its launch, Leo carried out remarkably nicely in Kerala as nicely, grossing Rs 12 crore, marking the best first day income within the state so far. The film premiered in additional than 650 out of a complete of 750 screens in Kerala.
The Indian Categorical’ Anandu Suresh, in his overview of the movie, identified that whereas Leo is undoubtedly a feather in ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay’s cap, it’s certainly a step again for writer-director Lokesh Kanagaraj.
Other than Vijay, the movie additionally stars Trisha, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mathew Thomas and Madonna Sebastian in key roles. It’s songs and background observe had been composed by Anirudh Ravichander.
